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Daily throughts from Paul Harris
Best Thing I’ve Read Today
If you don’t want Facebook knowing every site you visit online — data it uses to target you with ads — read this article and then click the direct link to get to the FB page that allows you to make it stop.
Mini-Review: “Marriage Story”
Here are a few thoughts on Noah Baumbach’s latest movie (starring Scarlett Johansson and Adam Driver), which I finally got around to this weekend.
Picture Of The Day: “Ripple”
The Playing For Change Foundation is back with another song recorded with musicians around the world. This time, it’s the Grateful Dead classic “Ripple.”
Pools and Tolls In Florida
A few more observations about the week we just spent in Florida to get away from the frigid weather back home.
The Results Are In
For years, I’ve been conducting a science experiment in our kitchen and can now announce the results, which will easily pass any peer-review standards, I’m sure.
Quit Doggin’ Me
After her dog jumped on my chest and nuzzled my crotch, the woman asked, “Rocky! What’s wrong with you?” Here’s why even I (a non-dog-lover) know that’s a stupid question.
Mini Review: “Hustlers”
I’m not going to bother writing a full review of the JLo/CWu stripper movie, but how about four paragraphs?
Armed And Ridiculous
Think this might change the minds of the heavily armed idiotic white men who marched yesterday after being fooled into believing their gun rights are under threat?
Road Trip: Kennedy Space Center
I’ve wanted to visit the Kennedy Space Center since I first became fascinated with NASA as a kid, so I was thrilled when we finally got there last week. Here’s my recap.
Best Thing I’ve Read Today
My onetime colleague JC Corcoran posted an emotional and honest rant about the latest round of radio industry layoffs, in which a thousand people nationwide were pink-slipped recently by one corporate mega-owner.
As I Tweeted
After much thought, and despite my family’s disapproval, I have decided to no longer insist I be referred to only as His Royal Harris. Oh and I’m still not paying that speeding ticket I got in Manchester, England, over a decade ago.
Another Podcast Alert
Here’s the second of two podcasts I did this week with Tom, Kevin, and Joe on Reel Spoilers. This time, we went in depth on Sam Mendes’ World War I movie, “1917.”
The Watchmaker’s Four
Although it’s been more than a decade since I wore one on my wrist, when I encountered a guy who sells very upscale watches, I had to ask him about this anomaly I’ve seen on some of them.
Podcast Alert
Here’s the first of two Reel Spoilers podcasts I did for this week with Tom, Kevin, and Joe. Listen and note how old Tom and I are just by our TV references!
Three Jeopardy Goats Tough
Live sports events (e.g. World Series, NBA Finals, and Monday Night Football) are supposedly the only things that bring in big viewership numbers on TV — unless you count the primetime ratings for this GOAT. Here’s why.
Still Special Forty Years Later
Forty years later, here’s how the Pretenders song, “Brass In Pocket,” was suddenly added to so many radio stations’ playlists and helped change a format.
Three Random Thoughts
Quick items about why Patrick Mahomes reminds me of cereal, why the Iowa caucuses don’t deserve the excessive attention they get from the news media, and why the Critics Choice Awards should move to another night.
As I Tweeted
I was going to call the State Farm spots with Aaron Rodgers and Patrick Mahomes the worst commercials airing during the NFL playoffs — until I saw the onslaught of ads for Bud Light Seltzer. Horrible.